AFRICAN-AMERICAN POLICY FORUM

Please join us at Vassar College for "Silent No More: An Evening of Art and Action," the closing presentation and celebration for Breaking Silence: An Arts, Action and Healing Summer Camp.  "Silent No More: An Evening of Art and Action" will be the culminating performance of the Breaking Silence Summer Camp. At this event, participants will have the opportunity to share their stories and celebrate their achievements. Offerings will include dance, spoken word poetry, audio and video presentations, theater, and personal testimony. The presenters will be the summer camp attendees--a diverse group of women and teenage girls of color from across the country who have experienced unwarranted racial and gender barriers to equality. Together, we will witness the ways in which participants have developed an intersectional activist agenda. When: 7:30 PM Sunday, August 2 Where: UPCDC- 2nd Floor of the All Campus Dining Center  Vassar College 124 Raymond Avenue Poughkeepsie, NY 12604 Courses Presenting: Pocket Documentaries (Filmmaking) Instructor: Alex Schein Embracing the Body (Theatre) Instructor: Tonya Pinkins Writing Pain, Finding Peace Instructor: Jamilah Lemieux Speakin' Up and Speakin' Out! (Spoken Word Poetry) Instructor: Asali DeVan Ecclesiastes Say What? Say Her Name! (Town Hall and Testimony Prep) Instructors: Eden Jequinto and Kimberle Crenshaw Radio/Podcast Intensive Instructor: Thea Chaloner Dance Expressions Instructor: Gina Wright Joseph

RSVP HERE Over the course of the past year the African American Policy Forum has continued its work to advance a gender-inclusive racial justice movement at every level of discourse and action. Through these efforts we have witnessed the emergence of a network of individuals and organizations seeking to advance an inclusive vision of racial justice. We have built a national conversation that highlights challenges facing women and girls of color, pushing back against gender-exclusive approaches to racial justice such as the White House’s My Brother’s Keeper Initiative. Building on this momentum, AAPF is holding Breaking Silence: An Arts, Action and Healing Summer Camp from July 30-August 3 at Vassar College. The camp will bring together an intergenerational and geographically diverse group of women and girls of color. AAPF has worked with the campers at town halls, the #SayHerName Vigil, and on other campaigns to promote an inclusive racial justice agenda. The participants will be joined by instructors who are experts in the fields of racial justice, gender justice, art and activism and will take part in daily workshops with the teaching artists. The closing presentations will grow out of the projects created in these workshops. Please invite your friends, colleagues and loved ones to come together in this supportive space to celebrate women and girls of color. We hope you will be able to join us for this inspirational evening!  During the course of the camp, follow our progress on social media under the hashtag #BreakingSilenceSummerCamp!